In an exchange laden with euphemisms on both sides to conceal the gruesome nature of the discussion, the pregnant woman wondered aloud what would happen if "it" (her fetus) emerged from her intact and alive.

The employee assigned to take note of medical history reassured the woman, "We never had that for ages" (a seeming admission that a baby did survive abortion at the clinic at least once) but that should "it" "survive this," "They would still have to put it in like a jar, a container, with solution, and send it to the lab. . . . We don't just throw it out in the garbage."

Oh, and this innocuous-sounding "solution" was, of course, a toxic substance suitable for killing an infant.

"Like, what if it was twitching?" asked the pregnant woman.

"The solution will make it stop," said the clinic employee. "That's the whole purpose of the solution . . . It will automatically stop. It won't be able to breathe anymore."

As for any qualms a woman might have about seeing her newborn child being poisoned and drowned in a jar, the employee advised her "patient" not to worry: She'd be under sedation, and the murder would take place in another room anyway.

In an exchange laden with euphemisms on both sides to conceal the gruesome nature of the discussion, the pregnant woman wondered aloud what would happen if \"it\" (her fetus) emerged from her intact and alive.\n\nThe employee assigned to take note of medical history reassured the woman, \"We never had that for ages\" (a seeming admission that a baby did survive abortion at the clinic at least once) but that should \"it\" \"survive this,\" \"They would still have to put it in like a jar, a container, with solution, and send it to the lab. . . . We don't just throw it out in the garbage.\"\n\nOh, and this innocuous-sounding \"solution\" was, of course, a toxic substance suitable for killing an infant.\n\n\"Like, what if it was twitching?\" asked the pregnant woman.\n\n\"The solution will make it stop,\" said the clinic employee. \"That's the whole purpose of the solution . . . It will automatically stop. It won't be able to breathe anymore.\"\n\nAs for any qualms a woman might have about seeing her newborn child being poisoned and drowned in a jar, the employee advised her \"patient\" not to worry: She'd be under sedation, and the murder would take place in another room anyway.